Yom Chamishee
Thursday
30 Tevet 5784
January 11 2024
UPDATE 6:00 PM
On the Ground in the South
*Early this morning, the IDF directed massive artillery fire at Khan Younis.
*According to the IDF Spokesman, the battle in Khan Younis has expanded and our soldiers have uncovered more than 300 tunnel shafts, destroyed dozens of tunnels, and eliminated dozens of terrorists.
In Judea and Samaria
*Duvdevan fighters eliminated a senior Islamic Jihad leader in a firefight in Kfar Jeva.
*Palestinian terrorists stabbed an Israeli at the Jit Junction. He was moderately wounded–the terrorists escaped.
In the North
*Late this afternoon, Hezbollah launched 10 missiles in two barrages at Kiryat Shmona. 3 were intercepted but 7 exploded in the city causing property damage. There were no casualties.
We are not privy to what type of missile protection is in place for Kiryat Shoma (is there an Iron Dome battery nearby?), but whatever is being used is woefully ineffective.
*Continuous gunfire today from Lebanon has once again knocked out power to communities in the Upper Galilee including Kiryat Shmona, Margaliot, Manara, and Magev Ha’am. The head of the Margaliot community had this to say: “We have returned to the Stone Age. Gallant promised that we would return Lebanon to the Stone Age, but in the end we are the ones without electricity.”
In Jerusalem
*This morning two HamISIS terrorists were captured by fighters of the Jerusalem Police’s Metilan unit. The two had planned to carry out terror attacks in the capital.
UPDATE 5:00 AM
The Pathetic Blinken Visit To Ramallah Yesterday
U.S. Secretary of State Blinken in Ramallah making his mandatory visit to PLO Chairman Mahmoud Abbas. Look at the red circle, do you notice anything missing?
Isn’t it amazing that after the hundreds of millions of dollars of American taxpayer money that has gone into the pockets of the PLO, Abbas is perfectly content to trash American diplomats at every visit–refusing to display the traditional large American flag when they come to Ramallah. All we see is just a tiny table model.
He won’t display the flag; he demands more money; he continues to pay salaries to murderers and their families, and, and, and. And the U.S. continues to swallow all of this and slobber all over Abbas as the person to take over Gaza on “the day after.”
Unbelievable.
*Try to wrap your mind around this.
Israel let 150 trucks carrying flour into Gaza yesterday. We know from our hostages who have been released that they are lucky to receive half a pita a day to eat.
Half of a pita.
Why in the world didn’t we tie increased humanitarian aid to the Palestinians to humanitarian aid to the hostages?
*We now know that 25 HamISIS terrorists who have been wounded since October 7 have been treated in Israeli hospitals.
At times they were put in hospital rooms beside our wounded soldiers.
Just disgusting.
A student from Malawi, who had worked with an Israeli health volunteer in his country battling AIDS, came up to us as we walked down the street in the UC-Davis Picnic Day Parade and wanted to carry the Israeli flag.